NEPAD SANWATCE Secretariat Meeting

10.09.2012

Present:

Nico Elema (NE) – nicoelema@nepadwatercoe.org

Nora Hanke (NH) – norahanke@ nepadwatercoe.org

Dominique Mannel – dmannel@sun.ac.za

1. Office and General

·         DM to buy the missing SADC flags and two Africa maps for office décor

·         DM to take inventory of the missing agendas, minutes and attendance lists of Interim Steering Committee meetings and workshops

·         NE thanks DM for effort and contributions

·         NH to sort out her printing connection and internet cost point

·         NE sub-contracts:

o   NH needs to fill in a form;

o   Jacky and UWC need to figure out how the payment can work;

o   NE has to write a letter of appointment for Reggie Tekateka;

o   NE and Murray Biedler (MB) have come to an agreement and NE is working on finalising the paperwork

·         NH to set up an appointment between Prof. Cloete and NE to clarify:

o   Lines of communication (Inga-Rae Scholtz’s role),

o   Link to Suzette Els (SE) and Mariètta van den Worm (i.e. the Department of Natural Science and the new Dean) and

o   Payment procedures (NE to sign off on payments?, SE’s approval of transactions?)

2. Italy Conference

·         TOPICS/ Presentations:

o   1) Jaqui Goldin and Bruno Araujo

o   DM to send NH her powerpoint on the same topic

o   NH to send all materials to Jacqui

o   2) Piet and BP

o   3) NE to email the network to get volunteers

·         NE stressed that the Secretariat has to support, and be involved in, the presentations

·         NH updated DM and NE on visa and flight progress of SANWATCE network delegates

·         DM to sort out visa payment for DM and NE

·         NE to decide on additional delegates: Mr. Dimande and Laurie

·         DM to sort out Secretariat day allowance 20 days prior to departure

·         DM to call accountant to figure out how day allowance can be organised for the other delegates

3. E-conference

·         NE: MB will focus mainly on UKZN task

·         NH to write up a more detailed description of the e-conf.

·         NH to send out another email with the expectations of chair persons and ask for volunteers